Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/SMUTSS/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets

 * ( original case name)

Same editing on 2023 Zim Afro T10 e.g. and  are basically the same edit. Joseph2302 (talk) 16:36, 28 July 2023 (UTC)

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 * - Both accounts are already blocked, but whether a check is run or not, this report should be moved to the oldest account I'm aware of, . Bbb23 (talk) 13:02, 29 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Done, restored case status. Spicy (talk) 00:22, 30 July 2023 (UTC)
 * All of the previously blocked accounts at the page history here are ✅ to one another. Didn't see any sleepers but there could be more out there. Will update the tags. Closing. TonyBallioni (talk) 05:50, 2 August 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Similar username to "Earth cricket", again only editing cricket articles. Some overlap of articles edited e.g. both EC and FE edited 2023 Lanka Premier League). Seems like a WP:DUCK to me, doubt it needs a CU check. Also some similar uses of poor English: EC, FE. Joseph2302 (talk) 14:12, 2 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Also biggest giveaway is both account created nonsensical talkpage comments with the ungrammatical text "why remove" and ss (whatever that means?): FE, GP, EC. Please can someone action this easy sockpuppet violation? Joseph2302 (talk) 13:35, 3 August 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅ Two sleepers added. Courcelles (talk) 13:43, 3 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, laid down some semis. Closing. Courcelles (talk) 13:46, 3 August 2023 (UTC)

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Similar name to the sockmaster, edited Draft:Bulawayo Braves which had only been edited by a confirmed sock. Also edits cricket pages. LittlePuppers (talk) 03:35, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

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 * Blocked, tagged, closing. Bbb23 (talk) 13:26, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
 * One to add, that I will block and tag. Courcelles (talk) 13:32, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Similar username and similar sorts of edits on cricket related articles such as this diff (Smuts100) and this diff (Lost Earth Sea) both adding flags to an article about a league which is far in the future - similar in nature to continual addition of flags at 2023 Zim Afro T10 and others. Blue Square Thing (talk) 17:21, 10 August 2023 (UTC)

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 * Blocked and tagged, leaving CU request. Bbb23 (talk) 17:31, 10 August 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅, also:
 * --Blablubbs (talk) 17:13, 11 August 2023 (UTC)
 * --Blablubbs (talk) 17:13, 11 August 2023 (UTC)
 * --Blablubbs (talk) 17:13, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Similar editing on similar set of pages e.g. multiple socks have been involved in editing Zim Afro T10, and making pointless tables like and pointless empty sections/content like. Also, first edit to their userpage had edit summary "ss", which is a frequent edit summary used by some of the other socks (see diffs for other socks on 02 August 2023 report). They also commented on a user talkpage post originally created by SMUTSS: User talk:Fade258/Archive 3. Absolute WP:DUCK, but please check for sleepers, since usually when there's one account, there's often actually been a couple of sleepers too Joseph2302 (talk) 13:33, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

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 * Technically pretty ; taking behaviour into account, blocking as proven. The following are ✅ to this account:
 * Blocking, closing. Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  16:32, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Blocking, closing. Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  16:32, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Blocking, closing. Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  16:32, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Blocking, closing. Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  16:32, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Blocking, closing. Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  16:32, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Blocking, closing. Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  16:32, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Blocking, closing. Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  16:32, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Only ask about to create articles related to cricket specially domestic league tournaments. Fade258 (talk) 16:10, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

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 * Hi, Please see my talk page once regarding this issues. Fade258 (talk) 16:29, 28 August 2023 (UTC)
 * I've removed the stuff from your Talk page. The best thing in the future for you to do is to remove it yourself. You can report it to someone if you think it's needed, but it's not worth responding.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:33, 28 August 2023 (UTC)
 * , I will do it in future. Thank you ! Fade258 (talk) 16:36, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

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 * Blocked and tagged, leaving CU request. Bbb23 (talk) 16:26, 28 August 2023 (UTC)
 * I couldn't learn much from the CU results. Disruption in this topic area has been coming from a large range for quite some time. Previous socks had a distinctive item in their version string but this one does not. So my verdict is . Agree with closing this based on behavior per Bbb23. EdJohnston (talk) 17:12, 28 August 2023 (UTC)


 * Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 17:40, 28 August 2023 (UTC)